Theatre Blogging

The Emergence of a Critical Culture

Megan Vaughan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2020
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-06881-0 (ISBN)

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In this epic history-cum-anthology, Megan Vaughan tells the story of the theatre blogosphere from the dawn of the carefully crafted longform post to today’s digital newsletters and social media threads. Contextualising the key debates of fifteen years of theatre history, and featuring the writings of over 40 theatre bloggers, Theatre Blogging brings past and present practitioners into conversation with one another.

Starting with Encore Theatre Magazine and Chris Goode in London, George Hunka and Laura Axelrod in New York, Jill Dolan at Princeton University, and Alison Croggon in Melbourne, the work of these influential early adopters is considered alongside those who followed them.

Vaughan explores issues that have affected both arts journalism and the theatre industry, profiling the activist bloggers arguing for broader representation and better working conditions, highlighting the innovative dramaturgical practices that have been developed and piloted by bloggers, and offering powerful insights into the precarious systems of labour and economics in which these writers exist. She concludes by considering current threats to the theatre blogosphere, and how the form continues to evolve in response to them.

Megan Vaughan is a writer and researcher currently based in Colchester, Essex. She is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bloggers to have covered London theatre and her blog, Synonyms For Churlish, was active from 2008 until 2016. Now a PhD researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, she is completing a thesis on amateur theatre criticism and the internet.

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements

Part 1: history and practice

1. Introduction

2. Theatre blogging since 2003 – a history

3. Theatre blogging in practice – a WhatsApp dialogue

4. Theatre blogging under threat

Part 2: selected posts

5. A note on the texts

6. Theatremaking and authorship

7. Anger and dissent

8. Reviews and reviewing

9. Representation and visibility

10.On My Name Is Rachel Corrie

11.On Three Kingdoms

Biographies

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.02.2020
Zusatzinfo	10 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 242 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-350-06881-0 / 1350068810
ISBN-13	978-1-350-06881-0 / 9781350068810
Zustand	Neuware